Will the real set of Ten Commandments, please stand up!

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justbyfaith

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The oral may mean that which spoken, but really what is necessary is that which is spoken by God. A person can memorize the written Bible and then recite it aloud without really knowing the Word of God. I suspect that Jews who really loved God understood that in their hearts. Christians who worship too closely the literal written words of scripture may at times find themselves in trouble with God. This will explain definitely any apparent discrepancies in that which is written, when it is only written on paper.
I'm in agreement; for it is written,

Jhn 5:38, And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
Jhn 5:39, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Jhn 5:40, And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

and,

1Co 8:1, Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
1Co 8:2, And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1Co 8:3, But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

That being said, there is the following:

2Pe 1:5, And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

and,

2Pe 3:18, But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

Therefore, there is something to be said for growing in knowledge.
 
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1st Timothy 4:14-16
Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery. Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.

How true...how true
Or, as the kjv puts it...

1Ti 4:16, Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
 

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Therefore, there is something to be said for growing in knowledge.
Yes!

"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." Luke 2:52

However then we have this speaking of the new man versus the old man as I understand it:

"He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30
 

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Yes!

"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." Luke 2:52

However then we have this speaking of the new man versus the old man as I understand it:

"He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30
Yes. As we become less, He becomes greater; and thus is fulfilled what is written in holy scripture:

2Co 3:18, But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
 

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However in mormonism, it would seem that ministers are not as blessed as the general population; who are allowed to have multiple wives and the blessings in mormonism that go along with that.
If you are referencing Post #33, that was about the Old Testament.
Christian do have one wife.
And Mormons have the right to believe what they want, and so do you and I.
I fellowship with many Christians.....even you. lol That does not mean I believe what they believe.
Fact check here: if any LDS Christian marries to people, that's grounds for instant excommunication.
 

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Fact check here: if any LDS Christian marries to people, that's grounds for instant excommunication.
They're robbing themselves of a mormon blessing...I don't remember what it was exactly, but I do remember that mormons are motivated to have more than one wife because of a specific blessing promised for that in some mormon documents. So that some groups have broken off of the main mormon church and have promoted polygamy because they want that blessing in true mormonism (which, I think, is an oxymoron).
 

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They're robbing themselves of a mormon blessing...I don't remember what it was exactly, but I do remember that mormons are motivated to have more than one wife because of a specific blessing promised for that in some mormon documents. So that some groups have broken off of the main mormon church and have promoted polygamy because they want that blessing in true mormonism (which, I think, is an oxymoron).
Not really.